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Join the archivists and our historians in the Education Room to view original documents from the special collections. This year we will be focusing on Bristol and the General Strike in 1926.<\/p>\n

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An artifact from Bristol Archives (46603\/5\/1), reproduced in the BRHG publication Truth, Lies and Strikebreakers: Propaganda and the state response to the 1926 General Strike<\/a> Rob Whitfield and Colin Thomas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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